Litigation

Querrey & Harrow has long been known as a litigation firm.  During many of the past 30 years, we have ranked in the top ten for number of trials in Chicago, and our success rate has been outstanding.  The following list of litigation successes includes only the most recent and biggest successes our attorneys have achieved:
_{Prior results reported in this website do not guarantee similar outcomes.}   

• August 2010
  
  • Q&H Defeats Section 1983 and Title VII Employment Claims
  • Taylor Obtains Excellent Results In Multiple Auto Accident Cases
    

• July 2010
  
  • Q&H Wins Another Case for Chicago Police Department
    
  • Q&H Successfully Represents Village of Oak Lawn in Arbitration
    
  • Rubin Completes Successful Copyright Mediation Between Trophy Manufacturers
    

• June 2010
  
  • Q&H Suburban Office Attorneys Complete Not Guilty "Hat Trick"
    
  • Q&H Successful in Coverage Fight Involving Religious Order
    
  • Walkup Completes Two Collective Bargaining Sessions
    

• May 2010
  
  • Q&H Obtains Dismissal of Civil Rights Claims Against Three Officers Following From Fight and Arrest at Chicago White Sox Game
  • Q&H Wins Two Civil Rights Cases in Seventh Circuit
    

• April 2010
  
  • Guolee and Scharg Defeat FLSA Class Action Claim

• March 2010
  
  • Q&H Defeats Federal Civil Rights Claim

• February 2010
  
  • Q&H Obtains Not Guilty Verdict in Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Case.  $16 Million Jury Demand Averted.

• January 2010
  
  • Q&H Obtains Dismissal in Construction Case
    
  • Q&H Municipal Practice Group Defeats Civil Rights Claim Brought By Police Officer
  • Q&H Wins Lawsuit Following Parking Spot Altercation
  • Q&H Prevails in Longstanding Insurance Coverage Dispute
  
  
• December 2009
  
  • Jennifer Medenwald Obtains Summary Judgment in Asbestos Mesothelioma Case
  • Jan Farmans Obtains Not Guilty Verdict in Truck v. Bicycle Case
  • Q&H Attorneys Vindicate Cook County Sheriff in Seventh Circuit
  • Q&H Attorneys Prevail Before Seventh Circuit in Municipal Water Case
    
    
• November 2009
  
  • Jillian Taylor Obtains Not Guilty Verdict
  • Jim Jendryk Obtains A Not Guilty Through Binding Arbitration
  • Q&H Defeats Civil Rights Claim Alleging Illegal DUI Traffic Stop
  • Prior Successful Verdicts To Stand In The Suburbs
  • Q&H Wins Copyright Case Connected To Popular Play

• October 2009
  
  • Q&H Appellate Victory Cited In New Illinois Pattern Jury Instruction On Employer Liability
  • Jim Jendryk Scores Defense "Hat Trick"
  • Jillian Book Obtains Defense Verdict
    

• September 2009
  
  • Q&H Municipal Liability Defense Team Wins Major Victory for City
  • Q&H's Appellate Department: On A Winning Streak
• August 2009
  
  • Q&H Wins in Illinois Liquor Control Board Litigation
    
  • Plaintiff's Request for $10.3 Million Judgment Thwarted
    
  • Credibility Issues Outweigh Admitted Liability - $1.7 Million Requested/$47,000 Awarded
• July 2009
  
  • Q&H Scores Another Victory for Cook County Sheriff and Illinois Taxpayers
  • Q&H Obtains Summary Judgment In Additional Insured Claim
  • Dead Man's Act Leads To Not Guilty Verdict
    
• June 2009
  
  • Q&H Wins Two Wrongful Death Cases
    
  • Q&H Wins A Boating Accident Case
• May 2009
  
  • Querrey & Harrow Recovers Millions More for Illinois Taxpayers!
  • Querrey & Harrow Defeats Unusual 13th Amendment Claim
  • Querrey & Harrow Wins Jail Employment Law Claim
  • Dead Man's Act Leads to Not Guilty Verdict
• April 2009
  • Q&H Wins Again Before Illinois Supreme Court
  • Querrey & Harrow Supports Sheriff Thomas J. Dart’s Efforts in Craigslist Suit
• March 2009
  • Querrey & Harrow Prevails in Federal Civil Rights Claim
  • Querrey & Harrow Prevails in Serious Brain Injury Trial
• February 2009
  • Client Dismissed From Massive Federal Personal Injury Litigation
  • Not Guilty Verdicts in Auto-Bicycle and Auto-Auto Accident Cases
  • Q&H Wins Jail Wrongful Death Case
  • Q&H Wins Nursing Home Case
• January 2009
  • Querrey & Harrow Wins Appeal in Wrongful Death Gun Case
  • Richard Turiello Scores Two Defense Verdicts
  • Jennifer Sackett Pohlenz Successfully Settles Municipal Sewer Claim
  • Summary Judgment Won in Auto Case
• December 2008
  • Lissa Hamer Scores Two Not Guilty Judgments
  • Jennifer Sackett Pohlenz Wins Election Case
  • Tom Burke Scores Two Defense Results
  • Church’s Prayers Come True Thanks to Querrey & Harrow
• November 2008
  • April Walkup and James Bream Obtain Not Guilty Verdict In Favor Of Doctor And Hospital In Wrongful Death Trial
• October 2008
• Client Chemical Company Wins Contribution Claim
• Client Aided Through IDPH and Illinois Attorney General Investigations
• Police Officers' Internal Affairs Complaint Cannot Support Defamation Suit
• Homeowner Beats Mechanics Lien Foreclosure Claim
• Rear-end Accident? Still No Liability
• Excessive Force Claim Defeated
• Failure to Plead With Specificity Results In Dismissal of Civil Rights Suit